Ruslan Salei
Belarusian ice hockey player (1974–2011) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ruslan Albertovich Salei (Belarusian: Руслан Альбертавіч Салей; Russian: Руслан Альбертович Салей; November 2, 1974 – September 7, 2011) was a Belarusian professional ice hockey player. Salei played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, the latter of which selected him ninth overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.
Ruslan Salei | |||
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Born |
(1974-11-02)November 2, 1974 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Died |
September 7, 2011(2011-09-07) (aged 36) Yaroslavl, Russia | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
Weight | 212 lb (96 kg; 15 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
Dinamo Minsk Tivali Minsk Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Ak Bars Kazan Florida Panthers Colorado Avalanche Detroit Red Wings | ||
National team | Belarus | ||
NHL Draft |
9th overall, 1996 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | ||
Playing career | 1992–2011 |
Salei died on September 7, 2011, in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. A Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying almost the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), crashed near Yaroslavl, Russia, en route to Minsk, Belarus, to start the 2011–12 KHL season.[1][2] He was posthumously inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2014.